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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Mezquita and the Roman bridge, Cordoba
CordobaThe Mezquita and the Roman bridge

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Cordoba by Jose María Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux or Cordoba?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Bordeaux for

  • beaches
  • shopping
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’s own page.

Choose Cordoba for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Cordoba’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Bordeaux 50, Cordoba 14: Bordeaux leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Cordoba 62: Bordeaux leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Cordoba 81: Cordoba leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Cordoba 40: Bordeaux leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Cordoba 45: Bordeaux leads by 13 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Cordoba 86: Cordoba leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Cordoba 40: Bordeaux leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Cordoba 68: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Cordoba 38: Bordeaux leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Cordoba 63: Cordoba leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Cordoba 47: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux and Cordoba are level on 40.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Cordoba.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on beaches and shopping with your weighting.

Cordoba
52match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Cordoba in July

37 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Cordoba: 1991-2020 normals, Cordoba / Aeropuerto (7.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxCordoba
Official languageFrenchSpanish
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation1 m120 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsCórdoba Airport (ODB)8 km from centre3 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxCordoba
City population267,991323,262
People per km²5,425258
Museums within 10 km1816
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km42

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.